SC - Nutmegs, ground

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

be careful, since a nutmeg isnt solid....Tony of worldspice
(http://www.worldspice.com) has ground 'em up for me before, and he says
they're very fluffy. Come to think of it, you can ask him yerself!

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> From: Phil & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - Nutmegs, ground
> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 1:34 PM
> 
> Mary Morman wrote:
> > 
> > you find whole nutmegs in the spice section of any grocery store.  I
know
> > McCormick sells them.  Just check to see if you are getting whole or
> > ground.  the whole ones often come in the little narrow cans rather
than
> > the glass jars - but you might find them both places.
> > 
> > elaina
> 
> I don't know if this is an issue or not, but I seem to recall the
original
> postor -- the lady who asked for the conversion amount for one nutmeg's
worth
> of ground stuff -- was writing from Fairbanks, Alaska. Now I've never
been to
> Fairbanks, but I know a few people from there, and I've always got the
> impression that a lot of the products in the stores have undergone some
very
> expensive shipping, and that it doesn't always pay the stores to stock
too
> much in the way of variety. It may be that whole nutmeg is an item some
> grocery buyer/manager felt Fairbanks could dispense with.
> 
> Somewhere around here my lady wife has a very sensitive jeweler's scale,
and
> if I could find the thing I suppose I could weigh a nutmeg and work from
> there. Does anyone else have access to such a scale without having to
risk the
> need for chiropractic treatments? And yes, it's true that commercial
ground
> nutmeg has lost a fair amount of its aroma and flavor compared to the
fresh
> stuff, but there are ways around that too if there simply is no whole
stuff available.
> 
> Adamantius
> -- 
> Phil & Susan Troy
> 
> troy at asan.com
>
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